The economic, political and social-cultural influence of current immigrants is far more beneficial to the nation than our media critics make them out to be. Hispanics are fast becoming the new foundation of our countryâs economic, political and social-cultural power.
umlaut - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound. diaeresis, dieresis. diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. Translations.
play \-ËsÄz\. 1  1 : a mark Â¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naÃ¯ve or BrontÃ«) â compare umlaut. 2  2 : the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word.